Taliban promises to find government seats for women in future: Zabihullah Mujahid
Sep 09, 2021, at 07:38 pm
Kabul/UNI/Sputnik/IBNS: The Afghan government will include women in the future, said Taliban Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid at a harrowing time for the South Asian nation.
Taliban must follow true Sharia law if it wants to govern Afghanistan- Mehbooba Mufti
Sep 09, 2021, at 04:41 am
Srinagar/IBNS: The Taliban, which announced a caretaker government in Afghanistan on Tuesday, must follow true Sharia (Islamic law), which ensures rights to one and all, including women, Jammu and Kashmir's Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti said today.
Sep 08, 2021, at 05:25 pm
As the Taliban insurgents overran Afghanistan, some from the Muslim community in India celebrated the prospect of a hardline Islamic nation's rebirth after two decades. But thinking minds of the same community in India are red-flagging such outpourings as meaningless, irrelevant and muddled.
Taliban leader Mohammad Hasan Akhund to head new 'acting' govt in Afghanistan
Sep 08, 2021, at 01:48 am
Kabul/IBNS: Taliban leader Mohammad Hasan Akhund will lead the new 'acting' government in Afghanistan after the group's takeover of Kabul, media reports said.
End game in Afghanistan was not something that anybody saw coming: EAM Jaishankar
Sep 07, 2021, at 05:05 pm
New Delhi/UNI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that “the end game” in Afghanistan “was not something which anybody saw coming” and it wasn’t what the world was prepared for.
Afghanistan: Ignominious Retreat
Sep 07, 2021, at 12:28 am
United States (US) Army Major General Chris Donahue, Commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, became the last US service member to leave Afghanistan, when he boarded a C-17 transport plane at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on August 30, 2021. The last US troops thus left Afghan soil exactly 12-days before the September 11, 2021, deadline originally set by the US President Joe Biden, and a day before Biden’s revised date for the mission’s end and evacuation, August 31.
Shiv Sena disagrees with Javed Akhtar's comparison between RSS and Taliban
Sep 06, 2021, at 07:49 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s former ally Shiv Sena has opposed poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar's drawing a parallel between Hindu nationalist volunteer organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and insurgent group Taliban which has recently invaded Afghanistan.
Javed Akhtar's films won't be screened unless he apologises to RSS: BJP spokesperson
Sep 05, 2021, at 06:47 am
Mumbai/IBNS: Writer lyricist Javed Akhtar's movies won't be allowed to be screened unless he apologises to the functionaries of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), who were compared to the Taliban by him, BJP spokesperson Ram Kadam said today, according to media reports.
Govt sources say ISI behind Al Qaeda's "Jihad" statement including Kashmir: Report
Sep 02, 2021, at 11:30 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Al Qaeda's statement on waging "global jihad" to liberate "Islamic lands" that mentioned Kashmir but left out Chechnya and China's Xinjiang province, exposes the hand of Pakistan in the terror group's ominous statement, a media report said citing government sources.
Omar Abdullah questions Centre over dialogue with Taliban
Sep 02, 2021, at 05:07 am
Srinagar: Former Jammu And Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today accused the Centre of not having clarity over its approach towards the Taliban regime in Afghanistan -- whether they are viewed as terrorists or not.
Afghan territory should not be used to threaten or attack any other country: Shringla
Sep 01, 2021, at 10:15 pm
New York: Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has said the territory of Afghanistan should not be used to threaten, attack any country or to shelter, finance or train terrorists.
Terror group Al-Qaeda hails US exit from Afghanistan, claims 'enemies of Islam' in Kashmir too
Sep 01, 2021, at 03:45 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Terror group Al-Qaeda on Tuesday expressed jubilation over the US exit from Afghanistan, saying it proved that "jihad is the only way that leads to victory and empowerment” and wished the same for Kashmir besides some other places like Palestine.
India talks to Taliban in Doha, issue of Indians stranded in Afghanistan discussed
Sep 01, 2021, at 12:15 am
New Delhi: In the first official contact with the Taliban, the group which is set to form a government in Afghanistan, a meeting took place on Tuesday between the Indian Ambassador to Qatar, Deepak Mittal, and the Head of Taliban's Political Office in Doha, Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai.
High-level group formed by Modi focussing on India's interests in Afghanistan
Aug 31, 2021, at 08:59 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A high-level group has been formed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to monitor the situation in Afghanistan, focusing on India's priorities and ensuring that Afghanistan's soil is not used for terrorism against India, said media reports.
After Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, six terror groups infiltrated J&K: Reports
Aug 31, 2021, at 02:33 am
Srinagar/IBNS: At least six groups of terrorists have infiltrated the Kashmir valley after the US troops' withdrawal from Afghanistan, media reports said.
Want to continue trade and political ties with India: Taliban leader Stanekzai
Aug 30, 2021, at 01:16 am
Kabul/IBNS: Taliban leader Sher Mohammed Abbas Stanekzai has said the group wants to continue Afghanistan’s political, economic and cultural ties with India.
India will always stand by its people in distress: PM
Aug 29, 2021, at 05:08 am
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that India will always stand by its people in distress anywhere in the world.
JEM members released from Afghan prisons by Taliban now rejoin group, plan to attack India: Report
Aug 28, 2021, at 05:48 am
Kabul: Information gathered by security agencies reveals that nearly 100 members of banned terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), who were released from Afghan prisons by the Taliban, have joined back the outfit which is planning to carry out fresh attacks in India, particularly in Jammu and Kashmir, media reports said on Friday.
Around 20 Indians along with Afghan Sikhs and Hindus unable to reach Kabul airport: MEA
Aug 28, 2021, at 12:28 am
New Delhi/UNI: Around 20 Indian nationals along with some Afghan Sikhs and Hindus were trying to reach Kabul airport on Aug 25 but faced difficulty in reaching the airport, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday.
India only invested in the people of Afghanistan, Jaishankar tells opposition
Aug 27, 2021, at 01:19 am
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar today said that India's investment in Afghanistan was only on the Afghan people and was sure that it would get full value of its investment in Afghanistan, according to media reports.
'Evacuating Indians immediate priority': Govt briefs opposition on Afghanistan situation
Aug 26, 2021, at 09:49 pm
New Delhi: The Centre has told the 31 opposition parties attending an all party meeting on the situation in Afghanistan that its immediate priority is the evacuation of all Indians stranded in the conflict-racked country.
EAM S Jaishankar briefs party leaders on Afghanistan issue
Aug 26, 2021, at 07:07 pm
New Delhi/UNI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday briefed floor leaders from different parties on the pot-boiling situation in Afghanistan.
Himanta Biswa Sarma says Assam police keeping a watch on Taliban sympathizers
Aug 25, 2021, at 11:08 pm
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said the Assam police are keeping a watch on Taliban sympathizers in the state.
Urdu speaking men barge into Kabul office; take away Afghan passports with Indian visas
Aug 25, 2021, at 10:06 pm
Kabul/New Delhi: Indian security agencies handling immigration are on red alert after several unidentified Urdu-speaking men barged into an office in Kabul issuing Indian visas on behalf of the Indian mission in Afghanistan and seized un-estimated numbers of Afghan passports with stamped Indian visas, according to media reports.
PM Modi, Russian prez Putin hold detailed discussion on Afghanistan
Aug 25, 2021, at 06:42 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin had a 45 minute-long conversation on the phone on Tuesday to discuss the developments in Afghanistan, after the Taliban seized power on August 15.
Taliban will help Pakistan to free Kashmir from India: Leader of Imran Khan's Party
Aug 25, 2021, at 03:46 am
Islamabad: Days after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, a leader of Pakistan's ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has openly said that Pakistan will take the help of the Taliban in Kashmir during an on-air television show.
Critical of govt's stand on Afghanistan, Owaisi now wants invite to all party briefing
Aug 25, 2021, at 01:55 am
Hyderabad: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has said in a social media post that he is expecting an invitation to the Centre's all-party meeting to brief leaders on the Afghanistan crisis.
Aug 24, 2021, at 10:51 pm
Delhi/IBNS: Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday received three of the last six Swaroops of Guru Granth Sahib from Kabul.
Devi Shakti is name of India's Afghanistan evacuation process
Aug 24, 2021, at 08:15 pm
New Delhi/UNI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday gave a name to India's evacuation process from Afghanistan, calling it ‘Operation Devi Shakti”.
World just stood and watched Afghanistan burn, now they are silent on our exploitation: Afghan women
Aug 24, 2021, at 04:29 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Scores of refugees hit the street here on Monday to protest against the takeover of their country Afghanistan by Taliban.